Tag: farmlife
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The Charlottes Have Their Day
A person cannot herd pigs. We nudge them and entice them but they do nothing in herds. Once released they scatter. Today is the day for the most recent plonkers, a group called The Charlottes, to be loaded into the stock trailer. They leave early tomorrow morning. And I do not load just before they…
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Turkeys are not Clever
The PopPops are officially released into the big field. And, so far, they have not escaped. And the turkeys have not escaped either! Though I was not trying to keep the turkeys in. I covered the lower half of the big green gates in chicken wire so the PopPops could not use the gates as…
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The Rain Came with a Vengeance
Last night we were visited by what is described by the weather people as a severe thunderstorm. That’s us – on ‘57. Thunder, lightning and hail. And huge gusty surging high winds. Not steady wind – erratic live furious sometimes gale force winds ambushing the trees and roaring in voices. At one point there was…
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Turning Up The Heat
And then my friend R found us some pigs. We have families to feed and one of them is hers. And she is a local with a huge network. She heard back from an old friend and she said come get them tomorrow. Tomorrow is reorganizing day at her hog facility apparently. It will be…
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Someone Left My Coat Out in the Rain
And that would be me!!! I thought about it in the night as I heard the rain begin. Heavy on my tin roof. So, from deep in my bed I did a quick mental inventory of the pockets. Then turned over and went back to sleep. I saw myself take it off when I got…
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